LhARA Collaboration Meeting

Wednesday 8 Feb 2023, 10:00 → 18:30 Europe/London

Physics West

Amato Giacca (Oxford/Stanford), Jason Parsons (Birmingham), Jason Parsons (Liverpool), Tony Price (Birmingham)

This, the third, LhARA collaboration meeting will be held in the Vinen Room in Physics West, School of Physics and Astronomy,  Birmingham, B15 2TT

 

The meeting will be held in "mixed mode" but if you are able to attend "in person" that would be excellent.

Zoom: https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/86538837135?pwd=M3dqMHZ3MGo5dUdnMHlTVDBCWjZqUT09

 

10:00 → 10:05 Welcome

10:05 → 10:15 Introduction

Speaker: Ken Long (Imperial Coll.)

01-2023-02-08-Long.pptx

10:15 → 10:30 The LhARA project

Speaker: Dr Colin Whyte (Strathclyde)

CWhyte23-02_08.pdf

10:30 → 11:30 Proton and ion capture

Conveners: Christopher Baker (Swansea University), Dr William Bertsche (Manchester/CI)

2023_LhARA_Collaboration_meeting_WP3_v1.1.pdf

11:30 → 12:00 Coffee: Break

12:00 → 13:00 Proton and ion source

Conveners: Dr Elisabetta Boella (Lancaster/CI), Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Dr Ross Gray (Strathclyde)

12:00 Update on WP2 project management and scope

Speaker: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)

20230208_LhARA_meeting_Doverv2.pdf

12:15 Update on SCAPA commissioning for high repetition rate operations

Speakers: Dr Ross Gray (Strathclyde), Ross Gray

RJG_Lhara_Day_Slides_February2023.pdf

12:30 Summary of developments in automation and optimisation of laser-driven ion acceleration

Speaker: Brendan Loughran

12:40 Update on development of liquid jet targets

Speaker: Charlotte Palmer

13:00 → 14:00 Coffee: Lunch

14:00 → 14:47 Ion acoustic dose-profile measurement: Ion-acoustic dose-profile measurement

Conveners: Prof. Emma Harris (ICR), Prof. Jeff Bamber (ICR)

14:00 Introduction

Speaker: Prof. Jeff Bamber (ICR)

14:02 Update on Monte Carlo and acoustic simulation

Speaker: Maria Maxouti (Imperial/PPD)

Birmingham_Collaboration_meeting.pptx

14:17 Update smart phantom development

Speaker: Josie McGarrigle (Imperial)

14:32 Update on experimental aspects

Speaker: Prof. Jeff Bamber (ICR)

14:37 Questions and Discussion

14:45 → 15:45 Novel end-station development

Conveners: Dr Ruth McLauchlan (IC NHS H/c Trust), Dr Tony Price (Birmingham)

14:45 Update on Gas Profiler

Speaker: Narender Kumar (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)

15:00 Update on Consultations

WP5_consultation_update.odp

15:45 → 16:00 Coffee: Tea

16:00 → 17:00 Design and integration

Conveners: Dr Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial/STFC/JAI), Mr Neil Bliss (STFC)

16:00 WP6 Update

Speaker: William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

11-20230208_WShields.pdf

17:00 → 17:30 Discussion: Closing discussion and closing remarks

Convener: Prof. Amato Giacca (Oxford/Standord)

17:30 → 18:30 Institute Board